Natural hazards · Caney

Caney, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Caney comes from hail, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Caney?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Caney to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail23%Drought18%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Ice storms7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Caney faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hail

23% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 47 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Caney flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Caney.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Caney isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Atoka County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Caney

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Caney itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Caney.

Brought FEMA money into CaneyDeclared for Atoka County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $101K aid approved $19K to the Town of Caney for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Caney for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

Atoka County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Caney is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Caney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Caney. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.